READING. Go to the reading corner, where you can get access to different books and stories and download the reading worksheet.

Friday 12th June

Please assess the teacher's work.

Friday 29th May

1. Find anwers to these questions and keep the notes to have a speaking test later. You can use France, Spain or an English speaking country as a reference.
1 What is the population of your a) country? b) city?
2 How many people work for your company I study at your institution?
3 What is the average salary in your country?
4 What is the current inflation rate?
5 Approximately how many people are unemployed?
6 What is the interest rate for savings?
7 What fraction of their income do you think people spend on living costs?
8 What percentage of your income do you spend on transport?
2.Passive voice activities.
Passive questions
Rewrite into passive(with business vocabulary)
Rewrite into passive 2
Two objects
Mixed practice
Causative passive (easy)
Causative passive (more difficult)

Friday 22nd May

Finish the activities you didn't do last Friday.
Polite questions
Hotel language 1
Hotel language 2
You still have a chance to complete yesterday's summaries. If you don't have your book here, you can open this document:
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If you have time, read an article from The economistand write a short summary or an outline.

Friday 15th May

If you have time, read an article from The economistand write a short summary or an outline.

Friday 17th April

CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

Multiple choice second conditional

See other possibilities apart from the 4 traditional types

Practise conditionals with modals

All types, complete with the correct form of the verb.

All types game

Practise tenses and conditionals

Friday 10th April

BUSINESS LETTERS 3

1. Explanations and examples

2. More explanations and examples

3. TASK: choose a job from this link to The Guardian and write a letter applying for that job, following the explanations and examples. Send it to the teacher by e-mail today.

Friday 3rd April.

BUSINESS LETTERS 2

Finish the activities you didn't do last Friday.

Business letters.pdf

This is a pdf version of the printed handout you already have.

1- Finish the activities you didn't do last Friday.

2- Read the following business letters samplesand take notes of the new vocabulary.
3- Write a letter referring to a previous meeting with a proposal of dates for a new meeting. Use this letter generatorto get the format.
4- If you have time, read an article from The economistand write a short summary or an outline.

Friday 27th March.

BUSINESS LETTERS

Do the following activities to practise useful expressions in business letters and take notes of the new vocabulary. You must email that work to your teacher.

Semi-formal business emails 1
Semi-formal business emails 2
Semi-formal business emails 3
Cover Letter expressions 1
Cover Letter expressions 2
Cover Letter expressions 3
Cover Letter expressions 4

Friday 13th March.

RELATIVE CLAUSES.

COMPLETE EXPLANATION IN SPANISH WITH EXAMPLES
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Relative sentences explanations and practice online 1 (different levels of difficulty)

Relative sentences online rephrasing practice (important)

See if you can omit the relative pronouns (online practice)
Complete the sentences with relative pronouns (easy)
Choose the correct ending (easy)
Short but very thorough exercise

13- Work with finance vocabulary. Capture the final screen of every activity you do, paste the captures on a word document and e-mail it to the teacher.

Finance vocabulary 1
Finance vocabulary 2
Finance vocabulary 3
Finance vocabulary 4
Finance vocabulary 5
Business Plans 1

When you have finished all the activities correctly, you can revise or read news in English.

12- Practise verb tenses.

and email the teacher a document with the screen captures of the final screen for every activity.

Choose the best option for the verb phrase

Practice with verb tenses and learn about pandas
Easy activities on past simple and present perfect
Revise the other activities on 3.2 VERB TENSES on this page

11- Revise modal verbs and email the teacher a document with the screen captures of the final screen for every activity.

Explanation and use
Explanation and practice 1
More explanations and practice 2
More explanation and practice 3
Modal verbs practice 4
Can/could/may/might
Mixed modals
Mixed modals 2

10- Practise with phrasal verbs which are frequently used in business.

Phrasal verbs 1
Phrasal verbs 2
Phrasal verbs 3
Phrasal verbs 4
Phrasal verbs 5
Phrasal verbs 6
Phrasal verbs 7
You can also try activity 8 but this is extra.
More extra activities: you can have a look at these initiatives against TTIP and CETA, the reasons they giveand the protests they they're staging

9. Read and take notes of the main ideas in this article about bitcoin (Voluntary task)

8- Read and take notes of the main ideas in these articles. After that, you can give your opinion on the subject.

Je suis Charlie?
I am not Charlie Hebdo You can also check and comment the translation made for El País internacional

Find the following expressions in the article:
Se les aclama=
Seamos francos=
Durante las dos últimas décadas=
Incitación al odio=
Idolatrar=
Reaccionar de manera exagerada=
Despedir=
Retirar el reconocimiento=
Insistía en que estuviese dirigida=
peticiones de que se prohíban sus intervenciones=
Una ocasión para aprender algo=
Una postura menos hipócrita=
La mayoría de nosotros no practicamos de verdad=
Los provocadores y otras figuras estrafalarias cumplen una función pública útil=
Minan el autobombo de los triunfadores=
Reducen la desigualdad social=
Los poderosos=
Por antonomasia=
Poner de relieve=
Dejar espacio=
Tipos desafiantes=
Conceden un estatus diferente=
Ser selectivos desde el punto de vista social=

7- Rephrasing in business English

Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 1

Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 2

Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 3

Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 4

Choose the right synonym (Sales & Marketing) 5

English for Sales 1

English for Sales 2

English for Sales 3

English for Sales 4

Christmas is coming

So, if you're still in class today...

you can learn a bit about strange christmas traditions around the world.
You can also listen to some Christmas songs and follow the lyrics:

3. Or if you really mean business, then you can...

Learn about Christmas parties for companies
Ideas for setting up a Christmas business

6. Practise reading comprehension

A- Read this text and answer the questions.

Price war over taxi apps.docx

B- Read this articleand complete the following sentences.
- Russia's economy will contract a minimum of .... %, that is if the oil price is .... $ per barrel but if prices get as low as ... $ per barrel, then contraction will be between ... % and .. %.
- The average income in Russian households will also decline up to ...%
- The country which needs the highest oil price to balance its budget is....., while the country least dependent on high oil prices is ...
- The two main reasons why oil prices have fallen are: .................................... and .............................................

Check your answers

Reading key (6).doc

5. Revise present tenses

Present tenses

Expressions with present perfect: for, since, just, already, yet

4. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)

Task:
1- Find at least one British source of information and one American.
2- Get the main ideas about both the position of Europe and the position of USA in the negotiation process.
3- Take notes on the differences between British English and American English which you have found while reading the article.
4- You must print your report and hand it in or e-mail it to the teacher. It is very important to mention your sources. (from Friday 28th to Wednesday 3rd December)

3. REVISE GRAMMAR THROUGH BUSINESS EXPRESSIONS

3.1 USE OF ARTICLES:

Do as many exercises as you need to feel confident with the use of ARTICLES.

Choose the right article 1

Choose the right article 2

Choose the right article 3

Choose the right article 4

Choose the right article 5

Choose the right article 6

Choose the right article 7

Choose the right article 8

Choose the right article 9

Choose the right article 10

3.2 VERB TENSES.

Do as many exercises as you need to feel confident with the use of TENSES. If you find the following activities too difficult, go back to the basics, follow this link to remedial grammar.

Mixed verb tenses 1

Mixed verb tenses 2

Mixed verb tenses 3

Mixed verb tenses 4

Mixed verb tenses 5

Mixed verb tenses 6

Mixed verb tenses 7

Mixed verb tenses 8

Mixed verb tenses 9

Mixed verb tenses 10

All the activities from to this point are part of the contents for the first TEST (November 4th)

You may need to revise the use of present simple and present continuos. You will find some useful activities if you follow the link to remedial work

1. International Organizations and trade blocks.

Read and discuss

Economic_Integration_of_Trade_Blocs_vs_Fair_Trade.doc

2. LEARN BUSINESS VOCABULARY
Easy language:
Telephone Language 1
Telephone Language 2
Answering Requests
Because/so that etc.
More complex expressions:
Business Expressions 1
Business Expressions 2
Business Expressions 3
Business Expressions 4
Business Expressions 5
Business Idioms
More Business Vocabulary

Do these activities and check your level

Business English basic expressions

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